Necktie-slide and collar-button.



T. H. STOKES. NEGKTIE SLIDE AND COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLIOATION'FILED OCT. 4, 1912 Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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NECKTIE SLIDE AND COLLAR-BUTTON.

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The invention relates to a necktie slide or retainer and more particularly to the class of combined collar buttons and necktie slides.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character wherein a necktie can be conveniently shifted after the same has been engaged between the folds of an ordinary turnover collar.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character in which the necktie can be easily adjusted and the collar conveniently fastened on the neck band ofa shirt thereby avoiding the necessity of the use of a separate collar button in the ordinary manner.

With these and other obj ect-s the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the ac companying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawing: Figure 1, is a perspective View of the device constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2, is a vertical transverse sectional view through a turnover collar and necktie, showing the device applied thereto. Fig. 3, is a rear elevation of the collar, the same being broken away to show the slide.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout several views in the drawings. 7 7 Referring to the drawings, by numerals, the device comprises a flat strip 5, preferably constructed from metal, although the same may be made from celluloid or other suitable material, if desired. This strip 5, is bent to provide an open loop 6, which is of elongated formation and is adapted to receive the band of a necktie of any ordinary style. One end of the loop 6, is formed with a cir- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 4-, 1912. Serial No. 723,965.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

cular head providing a button 8, which is slightly offset with respect to the said end by means of a connecting neck 9, bent outwardly at substantially right angles to the end, while the opposite free end of the said loop 6, forms a resilient finger 10, the free end of which is adapted to lie close to the button 8, to prevent the possibility of the band 7 of the necktie working loose from the loop when the latter is engaged about the band and the button head 8 is engaged in the collar 11 and the neck band 12 of a shirt. The collar 11 is formed with a button hole 13 as usual in the rear portion and likewise the neck band 12 of the shirt is formed with a button hole 14, these button holes in the collar and shirt being designed to receive the button head 8 of the loop 6, so that the collar will be fastened on the shirt and the band of the necktie engaged in the loop 6 of the device so that the necktie can freely slide in the loop for the proper adjustment thereof, without possibility of it becoming stuck or held fast. The necktie is inserted in the loop 6, between the button head 8 and the resilient finger 10 and thereafter the button 8 is engaged in the button holes in the collar and shirt.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and operation of the device will be clearly understood and therefore a more extended explanationhas been omitted.

What is claimed is As an article of manufacture, a device of the class described comprising a flatstrip bent to provide a straight medial portion and outwardly converging limbs terminating spaced from each other, a rounded button head formed on the end of one of the limbs and overlapping the end of the other limb to overlie the space between the ends of the latter, the said button head being offset with respect to the ends of the limb.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS H. STOKES.

Witnesses:

FRANCES SMALL, JAMEs W. LAWLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

